44 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Slightly off topic but I saw this tweet which I thought was interesting..

“Chelsea have raised a lot of money in a transfer window where they have a ban:

£88m (plus add-ons) - Hazard

£8.7m - Aina

£8m - Kalas

£4/5m - Angban

Undisclosed (rumoured £2m - Dasilva

 

Outgoing: 

£40.3m - Kovacic”

Throw in the potential £50m from Atletico Madrid for Morata that’s some money to be spent.

I think if Lampard can get us into the CL next year then we could be looking at some serious cash being spent next summer. 

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Edited July 1, 20197 yr by Dixons

44 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Slightly off topic but I saw this tweet which I thought was interesting..

“Chelsea have raised a lot of money in a transfer window where they have a ban:

£88m (plus add-ons) - Hazard

£8.7m - Aina

£8m - Kalas

£4/5m - Angban

Undisclosed (rumoured £2m - Dasilva

 

Outgoing: 

£40.3m - Kovacic”

Throw in the potential £50m from Atletico Madrid for Morata that’s some money to be spent.

I think if Lampard can get us into the CL next year then we could be looking at some serious cash being spent next summer. 

 Blimey, i thought we sold Kalas years ago.  I remember his debut (think it was at Liverpool?) and thought he had everything to go on and be world class.  For some reason he got very little playing time and just faded away.                                                                                                                                                                                                               Next summer is going to be hugely important. The scouts need to be talking to Frank straight away and find out the types of players he's looking for and get cracking on that asp. 

Edited July 1, 20197 yr by Dixons

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

Slightly off topic but I saw this tweet which I thought was interesting..

“Chelsea have raised a lot of money in a transfer window where they have a ban:

£88m (plus add-ons) - Hazard

£8.7m - Aina

£8m - Kalas

£4/5m - Angban

Undisclosed (rumoured £2m - Dasilva

 

Outgoing: 

£40.3m - Kovacic”

Throw in the potential £50m from Atletico Madrid for Morata that’s some money to be spent.

I think if Lampard can get us into the CL next year then we could be looking at some serious cash being spent next summer. 

Why stop at Morata, there are many other obvious ones we can see who we have absolutely no use for:

 

Baka (linked to PSG) 30mill

Drinkwater 15mill

Alonso (linked to Atletico) 30mill

Zappacosta (linked to Lazio) 15mill

Zouma (linked to Everton) 25mill

Jorginho (linked to Juve) 45mill

Marco Van Ginkel 5mill

Kenneth omerou 5mill

Michael Hector (linked with staying at Sheffield Wednesday) 5mill

Kenedy 15mill

Mario Pasalic (linked to staying at Atalanta) 13mill

Victor Moses (linked to Inter) 15mill

Michy Batman 25mill

 

Would still leave us with a squad of:

 

GK: Kepa,  big Willy, Blackman

Fullbacks: Azpi, James, Emerson, Rahman

CBS: Rudiger, Christensen, Luiz, Tomori

CDM: Kante, Kovacic, Ampadu, Chalobah

CAM: RLC, Barkley, Mount

WF: Pulisic, Willian, CHO, Pedro

CF: Giroud, Abraham, Brown

 

With the exception of Jorginho I do not see any of the other sales leavings us weaker.

Add those to a possible 50mill on morata and who has gone already would be around 400mill in sales.

9 hours ago, Boston Blue said:

9 hours ago, Boston Blue said:

When it comes to Chelsea, nobody outside the club is fully ITK.  We are a tight lipped club with a fairly solid lid on any leaks.  I think if you analyzed anyone purporting to be ITK, they are probably wrong as often, if not more often, than they are correct.  

Obviously no club leaks everything to the press but you have journalists that don’t report until they get it off their club sources and they are right more often that wrong, for different roumors there are reliable sources that do break things and won’t report bollox:

Matt Law - anything Chelsea he reports is normally solid he certainly has inside club sources.

DiMarzio Gets it wrong sometimes but it generally seen as reliable for anything coming out of Italy 

Fabrizio Romano - same anything out of Italy 

Mohammed Bouhafsi - Any transfers related to French players, if this guy says it then it’s mostly spot on probably the most reliable of the lot. 

I agree we tend to give less scraps to the media than others or it could just be Liverpool, UTD etc have more journalists covering the club for longer and have better inside sources. 

I would almost guarantee tomorrow Matt Law will confirm Lamps has signed before the club announce it or at least a day or two before it’s announced, it’s not amazingly forthcoming for us sitting stewing waiting for news but as stated he won’t tweet until it’s confirmed. 

Just 48 hours now. 

7 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Why stop at Morata, there are many other obvious ones we can see who we have absolutely no use for:

 

Baka (linked to PSG) 30mill

Drinkwater 15mill

Alonso (linked to Atletico) 30mill

Zappacosta (linked to Lazio) 15mill

Zouma (linked to Everton) 25mill

Jorginho (linked to Juve) 45mill

Marco Van Ginkel 5mill

Kenneth omerou 5mill

Michael Hector (linked with staying at Sheffield Wednesday) 5mill

Kenedy 15mill

Mario Pasalic (linked to staying at Atalanta) 13mill

Victor Moses (linked to Inter) 15mill

Michy Batman 25mill

 

Would still leave us with a squad of:

 

GK: Kepa,  big Willy, Blackman

Fullbacks: Azpi, James, Emerson, Rahman

CBS: Rudiger, Christensen, Luiz, Tomori

CDM: Kante, Kovacic, Ampadu, Chalobah

CAM: RLC, Barkley, Mount

WF: Pulisic, Willian, CHO, Pedro

CF: Giroud, Abraham, Brown

 

With the exception of Jorginho I do not see any of the other sales leavings us weaker.

Add those to a possible 50mill on morata and who has gone already would be around 400mill in sales.

“ Linked with “ in possible the most puerile expression in the football orbit.

Basically any journalist anywhere in the world, can magically connect a player with a club, 9 times out of ten it’s entirely fabricated.

Edited July 2, 20197 yr by Ewell CFC

1 hour ago, Ewell CFC said:

“ Linked with “ in possible the most puerile expression in the football orbit.

Basically any journalist anywhere in the world, can magically connect a player with a club, 9 times out of ten it’s entirely fabricated.

The key is to know who's actually got some sources and who don't.
There are some that are very good and some that are pretty good for keeping up with what's going on.

 

I reckon today is the day.

10 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

I reckon today is the day.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1147765/Chelsea-news-Frank-Lampard-new-manager-Derby

In the next 48 hours apparently ?

Edited July 2, 20197 yr by Scott Harris

How many times?! ?

48 minutes ago, Sindre said:

The key is to know who's actually got some sources and who don't.
There are some that are very good and some that are pretty good for keeping up with what's going on.

 

I’d say journalists with an insight into real transfer intent are an extremely limited edition.

The vast majority of occasions IMO there an editor breathing down their neck demanding some sh*t to fill up the paper- they pluck players and interested clubs out of thin air- then enjoy suckers falling for it.

Probably does their ego a power of good.

Tabloid Hack “ to think over a bowl of porridge that dreamt up that Pedro would be a good match for Inter Milan, and now everyone’s talking about it. Hahahaha

32 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1147765/Chelsea-news-Frank-Lampard-new-manager-Derby

In the next 48 hours apparently ?

i wouldnt believe the express on anything.  We start pre season tomorrow dont we i thought?  and Derby want a new manager in place by the time they fly to USA on Thursday.  The whole announcement is due soon.  

I mean, he literally said it was happening yesterday and now it’s only being prepped today. It’s total guesswork by these guys 

Frank '48 Hours' Lampard. OBE.

48 minutes ago, EdinburghBlue said:

I mean, he literally said it was happening yesterday and now it’s only being prepped today. It’s total guesswork by these guys 

What a load of tosh.

Lampard is the same age Jose Mourinho was when he took the job and older than Glenn Hoddle, Gianluca Vialli and Ruud Gullit when they were appointed by Chelsea.

Lampard will be the first Englishman to manage Chelsea in the Champions League and the first Englishman to manage the club in 23 years.

4 minutes ago, coco said:

Lampard is the same age Jose Mourinho was when he took the job and older than Glenn Hoddle, Gianluca Vialli and Ruud Gullit when they were appointed by Chelsea.

Lampard will be the first Englishman to manage Chelsea in the Champions League and the first Englishman to manage the club in 23 years.

I'm actually quite excited about this new season. Only a week tomorrow until our 1st pre-season match! ?

1 hour ago, EdinburghBlue said:

I mean, he literally said it was happening yesterday and now it’s only being prepped today. It’s total guesswork by these guys 

Screw the pitch. This should be announced by the Queen on the balcony of Buck Palace.

19 minutes ago, coco said:

Lampard is the same age Jose Mourinho was when he took the job and older than Glenn Hoddle, Gianluca Vialli and Ruud Gullit when they were appointed by Chelsea.

Lampard will be the first Englishman to manage Chelsea in the Champions League and the first Englishman to manage the club in 23 years.

Only the 6th English manager to manage an English club in the CL group stages by my reckoning. A real mixed bags of names. 

Harry Redknapp, Bobby Robson, Gary Neville, Phil Thompson, Roy Harford

2 hours ago, Ewell CFC said:

I’d say journalists with an insight into real transfer intent are an extremely limited edition.

The vast majority of occasions IMO there an editor breathing down their neck demanding some sh*t to fill up the paper- they pluck players and interested clubs out of thin air- then enjoy suckers falling for it.

Probably does their ego a power of good.

Tabloid Hack “ to think over a bowl of porridge that dreamt up that Pedro would be a good match for Inter Milan, and now everyone’s talking about it. Hahahaha

Pot A - Player

Pot B - Team

Pot C - Situation

 

Pot A - Pedro

Pot B - Inter Milan

Pot C - Transfer

 

Story writes itself.....

8 hours ago, WalterWhiteCFC said:

Obviously no club leaks everything to the press but you have journalists that don’t report until they get it off their club sources and they are right more often that wrong, for different roumors there are reliable sources that do break things and won’t report bollox:

Matt Law - anything Chelsea he reports is normally solid he certainly has inside club sources.

DiMarzio Gets it wrong sometimes but it generally seen as reliable for anything coming out of Italy 

Fabrizio Romano - same anything out of Italy 

Mohammed Bouhafsi - Any transfers related to French players, if this guy says it then it’s mostly spot on probably the most reliable of the lot. 

I agree we tend to give less scraps to the media than others or it could just be Liverpool, UTD etc have more journalists covering the club for longer and have better inside sources. 

I would almost guarantee tomorrow Matt Law will confirm Lamps has signed before the club announce it or at least a day or two before it’s announced, it’s not amazingly forthcoming for us sitting stewing waiting for news but as stated he won’t tweet until it’s confirmed. 

i would add to the list Niser Kinsella..  has been on the money for me.

Derby already have their replacement standing in the wings:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/02/derby-phillip-cocu-replace-frank-lampard-manager-chelsea

DCFC supporter 

Hi. I have been a little vocal on our forum regarding the amount of time either Chelsea/Lampard are taking making a decision on his potential appointment.

Considering that we gave Chelsea permission to open talks with Lampard on 24/06/2019 

I find both Chelsea and Lampard guilty of a lack of class and respect for our chairman/owner and DCFC

We didn't have to give permission, but our Chairman was obviously aware that at some point this may happen - much earlier than anticipated.

We as a club had to issue a further statement yesterday excusing Lampard and Morris from pre season training for 2 more days !

I would like an honest opinion on how you guys feel your club has/is behaving towards a fellow club?

7 minutes ago, Hathersage Ram said:

DCFC supporter 

Hi. I have been a little vocal on our forum regarding the amount of time either Chelsea/Lampard are taking making a decision on his potential appointment.

Considering that we gave Chelsea permission to open talks with Lampard on 24/06/2019 

I find both Chelsea and Lampard guilty of a lack of class and respect for our chairman/owner and DCFC

We didn't have to give permission, but our Chairman was obviously aware that at some point this may happen - much earlier than anticipated.

We as a club had to issue a further statement yesterday excusing Lampard and Morris from pre season training for 2 more days !

I would like an honest opinion on how you guys feel your club has/is behaving towards a fellow club?

Didn't he only get back from holiday last Friday ?

If so, the talks have taken place on the first two available working days (i.e yesterday and today) ... seems reasonable to me. Your chairman is obviously in the loop, based on his interviews. And you're being compensated to the tune of £4M for the inconvenience of finding a new manager. I get the disappointment, but I don't think you're being hard done by in terms of the hiring process.

Good luck for the coming season btw

Edited July 2, 20197 yr by Sexyfootball

7 minutes ago, Hathersage Ram said:

DCFC supporter 

Hi. I have been a little vocal on our forum regarding the amount of time either Chelsea/Lampard are taking making a decision on his potential appointment.

Considering that we gave Chelsea permission to open talks with Lampard on 24/06/2019 

I find both Chelsea and Lampard guilty of a lack of class and respect for our chairman/owner and DCFC

We didn't have to give permission, but our Chairman was obviously aware that at some point this may happen - much earlier than anticipated.

We as a club had to issue a further statement yesterday excusing Lampard and Morris from pre season training for 2 more days !

I would like an honest opinion on how you guys feel your club has/is behaving towards a fellow club?

8 days to negotiate and agree a multi-million deal seems reasonable to me.